Author Archives: Sara

I know everyone moves from time to time, it’s a natural thing.  Some people move a lot, some people only a handful of times.  For me, it’s not that I haven’t moved a lot (5 moves in 3 years is my record) but this time it’s different.  This time we’re selling our first place. 

Lucky for you all, I’m going to take you with me along the moving process from weird things I see when house hunting to finding the right house, moving and getting situated.  Maybe the lessons we learn the hard way throughout this process will make your process less stressful if you ever have to move.

We decided to list our house when we found out we were expecting our third little boy.  As much as I tried to convince Paul we could fit three boys in one tiny room in our row house, it just didn’t take.  We partnered up with Realtor for Del Ray, Jen Walker who has been amazing, and we were so fortunate to have two offers on our house two days after we listed!   Thankfully the new owner is letting us rent back a couple of months which definitely helps ease the “Where are we going to move?” panic attacks.

The next couple of months I’ll be documenting the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to moving.  In the meantime, here is a list of the things I’m going to miss when we leave our house:

1.  The crazy but happy feeling of making a grown-up purchase with my hubby.

2. The near panic I felt when I realized how much work and $$ our little “AS IS” house needed.

3.  Making friends in the neighborhood.  It really is a Sesame Street setting where people call out hello from their windows on a warm day or from their steps on the front porch.

4. Bringing home our two boys from the hospital.  Especially with Henry, our youngest. During the three months he spent in the NICU before he could come home, I would and look at the empty crib in his room and keep telling myself, we were one day closer to having him  safe and sound in his crib in our home.

5. Learning I had  DIY/Home Design obsession when it came to decorating and all the fun projects that came out of it.

6.  All the parties we threw, squeezing and cramming people into our tiny row house and our even tinier backyard, and loving every second of it.

7. My tiny and amazing kitchen.  That kitchen is who I am and no matter what kind of house we move to next, no matter how big or how updated it is, nothing will ever compare to my kitchen.

8. The screened-in front porch where I sat in the evenings after the kids were in bed to just think.

9. The craziness that our one and only bathroom didn’t have any outlets, and the different places I’ve claimed as the “hair drying” space over the past 4 years.

10. Last but not least, the small space.  I know, I know, it’s crazy but I LOVE small spaces.  I think it makes a family closer because it’s hard to disappear when you only have limited rooms.  I loved solving the space and storage challenges and blogging about it and then passing the ideas on to other space-challenged folks.

Suffice it to say, our next house will be bigger to accommodate three crazy boys, have a real yard to blow off some steam and allow my husband to mow for longer than 5 minutes.

But with the new house comes new design plans and layouts.  I also get to browse antique stores, consignment stores, Craigslist and Ebay for new furniture since my tiny little furniture that fits so perfectly in our house now will probably not fit as well in a new place.  So I’m excited for these new adventures and excited to include you all in the journey.  Don’t be afraid to offer opinions either, I’m all ears!